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4 Krazy Kat Copyright. 11*13, lMeroutional New* A Little Browbeating Speaker at'Landlords’Convention Would Improve Social Status of Girls and Young Men. CUHItt. I AM POSSESSED cp'\ ^0A)L)6U,4L KftAav' mm modesty ftJRB/Ds ME To CALL f SLE A 'HI6H BPOW ) I \ movement to elevate the stand- itds c( hotel employes and put them >n a plane of social equality with °rks and other workers was urged Wore the convention of the Georgia Hotel men's Association at the Klm- >all House Friday morning by A. J. Dorman, a hotel proprietor of Hous- on. Miss. Mr. Dorman protested against the '"’lal ostracism to which he declared oung women and young men who inter the employment of a hotel are -ubjectd, declaring .that they should be the social equals of workers in the eame financial class "A young man or young woman *an go Into a store and sell goods and be a clerk,” he asserted, "and still be received in good society and remain n good standing in the community; but when young men and young wo men. especially the latter, enter hotel ork they are frowned upon and -traoised socially. Some movement ight to be started to put an end to his. and I for one would be willing o do whatever I could in behalf of •:»* hotel workers.” Indorses Dorman’s Views. Mr. Dorman’s views were indorsed by Jacob Miller, of Chicago, president of the International Stewards’ Asso- iation, who declared that training schools for hotel employees, similar :r> the ones that are conducted su<S essfully in Germany and Switzer- ind. have become almost a necessity or America. He called attention to the fact that he association of which he is the ead has r ' the or' ! -~t.ion of a ot^l training school in connec*' nth a normal school in Muncie, Ind.. ttd asked the Georgia association to ndorse the school. ether prominent hotel men deliver- short addresses at the opening '• >sion, among them James G Smith, f Natchez. Miss., and F. W. Arm- s rong. of Macon. The latter is chair- i m of the executive and membership ■mmlttees, and reported a score of . w members who have been secured • nee the last meeting. With f'o exception of the few eches. the morning session was dee med to routine business, the naming • f the committees, reports of officer;'. Secretary Fred Houser read letters from a number of prominent hotel ■ ien of other states, many of them • n the program, who will be unable o be present. Among them were lames A. Sto-kes. of Philadelphia, >-resident of the Greeters of Ameri- a; S. F. Dutton, of Denver, Colo.; lvouis Seelbach, of Louisville, presi dent of the Hotel Men’s Mutual Ben efit Association, and I. M. A. Med lar. of Omaha, Nebr. President T. W. Hooks presided, and Vice President S. J. Newcomb responded to the address f welcome by Mayor James G. Wood ard. To Talk Hotel Legislation. A discussion of needed hotel legis- atlori was scheduled as the feature ■ »f the Friday afternoon session, and it is probable that one of the results of the convention will be a campaign to secure the nactment of several laws tat it is thought would increase the fficiency of service and afford better protection to both hotel men and the traveling public. Addresses on this subject were scheduled for Friday afternoon by Le« M. Jordan, attorney for the associa tion; Marcellus Anderson, of the T. p \ H. D. Shackelford, of the* U. C. *T., and W. S. Lounsbury, of the Georgia Travelers’ Association. 5,000 Expected at Negro Y.M.C.A. Rally More than 5,000 Atlanta negroes axe expected to gather at the Auditorium Sunday night, when a great mass meeting will be held in the interests of the Negro Young Men’s Christian \ssociation, which is conducting a campaign for a building fund. Three negro churches—the Friend ship Baptist, the Wheat Street Bap- ist and the Big Bethel Methodist- have made reservations of 1,000 seats eacli for their members. Those who ire behind the movement hope to raise at least $20,000 at the gather ing. S EWELL 7 ATU RDAY P E C I A 113-15 Whitehall. 164 Decatur St. i Solid carload Sweet Flor- j ida Oranjres. Doz.. . 12y 2 c E No. 10 Pail Pure Leaf Lard $L24V& j Fancv While Sail jj Bacon, lh 12V t 0 | Finest “Red Gravy” Hams, lb 17V&C j Fresh Pure Creamery j Butter, lb 32c | Best Irish Potatoes, pk.. 2ic Georgia Yam Potatoes, pk 22c 24-lb. sack “Eureka' Besl Flour 6S? C 24-lb. sack Best Self-rising Flour 78c Fresh Mixed Nuts, lb 15c Fancy Grapefruit, 5c, or 3 for 10c All kirids of Produce and Dressed Poultry. 1 i n Dollar Orders Delivered. Btr Yhbaj. AbaiF) I Am Act a , *Z0UJ-&fe£>tJU [5oVbut.ee.,The /^pezeajcs) ./s. That Ator 6ew& a q r / Atcsr be a) SrfSo >r 5K0ULD' 2ft Be * ISA/AT2 Bur- It a/my Because you AlAJTSdr) Ttall - Dcmy you Miss Keller Will Retire Soon After Her Lecture Here Preparations are complete for the lecture to be given by Miss Helen Keller on December 20 in the Audi torium under the auspices of the At lanta Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The advance sale of tickets has been heavy and large representation of society people ex pected. No* ,..y will Miss Keller s appear- ...t c in Atlanta be her first here, as well as In Georgia, but it probably will bo one of her last on a lecture platform. She will retire shortly from public life to devote her entire time to writing. Tickets for the lecture are on sale at (’able Hal!. Charges Unjustified Attack by Detective William M Sykes, a collector for the gas company. has preferred charges against City Detective Eu gene Coker, asserting that Coker handled him roughly Thursday, with out cause He says Coker came into a poolroom and pulled him out of a chair, searched him and threw him I beck Into the chair. ] Chief Beavers said Friday that he l has asked Chief of Detective Lanford to make an investigation. Baptists Will Raise $10,000 for Orphans A rush of money from all over Georgia is expected in a Sunday school nolle lion Sunday for the re lief of the Baptist Orphans’ Home at Hapeville. It has been announced the institution is $13,000 in debt, and without money to feed and clothe the 250 orphans there. Eighteen hundred Baptist Sunday schools will .participate in the collec tion. the day being designated ‘‘Or phans’ Home-Gathering Day.” At least $10,000 is expected. Wilson Is ‘First Aid' To Brave Girl Rider WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 President Wilson, walking in Rock (’reek Park, saw a riderless horse. Nearby he found a little girl on the ground. She was Ruth Donaldson, 13. who had been thrown trying to take a hurdle. ‘‘Are you hurt?” inquired the Presi dent ‘‘Oh. no.” she replied, smoothing her tousled hair “1 am used to that; I’ve ridden a long time.” Miss Donaldson was slightly bruised, but mounted her horse and rode away. $1,200 ‘Snap' Awaits 'Bright' Young Man WASHINGTON. Dec 12.—Any young man of good habits can get a position at SI,200 a year as Govern ment petrographer. In addition to good habits, he must have an educa tion equivalent to that of a college graduate and he versed in chemistry, mathematics, geology, pyrology, Ger man. Frenc.i Spanish, Portuguese Russian, English. Who wants the job? Policeman's Baby Won Health Contest Prize 1 SPARTANBURG, S. IV. Dei. 12.-- Margaret Gash, the 13-month-old | baby of Policeman Gash, took first prize, a gold medal, in the baby health contest at the County Fair here. She is a bottle-fed baby, weighed 14 pounds at birth and scored* over more than 100 entries. The parents slate that the most thorough sanitary methods are used in the preparation of the milk diet for the youngster. Physicians and trained nurses will adopt the course pursued by Mr. and Mrs. Gash in j their recommendations for the care 1 of infants. Pastor Saves Child When Clothes Ignite SPARTANBURG. S. C . Dec. 12.— ( Joseph, the 3-year-old son of the Rev. ! J. K Harmon, the new pastor of the « Duncan Church, narrowly escaped burning to death to-day. While standing in front of an open grate fire his clothes ignited and he was soon in flames. The presence of the child’® father ' probably saved his life, as he smoth- j ered the flames, sustaining painful j burns on the hands in doing so. The child was uninjured. Traction Company to Make Improvements GADSDEN. ALA., Dec. 12.—After j being in session two days, the stock- (■ holders and directors of the Gadsden, i Bellevue and Lookout Mountain Rail road adjourned to-day. U. J. Virgin. | of New Orleans, was elected presi dent; Louis Hart, vice president, and R. Brindley, secretary and treasurer. T. ,T. Simpscn. of Rome. Ga., was elected to the board of directors. The company decided to purchase /our additional street cars, build 50 residences on Lookout Mountain and extend the line eight blocks on Sixth street. Lanett Boys Going to U. S, Training School COLUMBUS. Dec. 12.—Deputy Mar shal W. D. Owens, of the United States Court, has carried Allie Griffin, Daly Monroe and Eugene Cox. white boys, to Atlanta, where he will turn them over to the Federal authorities to be taken to Washington and placed in the Na tional Training School. The boys, who are from Lanett. Ala . were convicted in the United States Court here on charges of car-breaking and sentenced to terms of two years each in the training school. Loses $11,000 Trying To Trap Swindlers GARY. IND., Dec. 12.—William Clee, of Greencastle, Pa., to-day was 'out $11,000 following a boast that he could trap three faro swindlers in a local hotel. Clee, when he went into the gam blers’ room, staked $2,000 and in a few minutes he had won $9,000. The gamblers pleaded that they were un able to pay his winnings. When (’lee went out for a policeman the three gamblers fled with Clee's $2,000. Houston to Form County Chamber FORT VALLEY. Dec. 12. - Follow ing a visit here by B. M. Lee, field representative of the Georgia Cham ber of Commerce. representative business men have determined to hold a mass meeting of citizens of Hous ton County on Thursday, December 18. at a place to be selected and an nounced later by Judge A. C. Riley. The object of the meeting is to form a county chamber of commerce. LAURENS TEACHERS ORGANIZED. DUBLIN. Dec. 12. Laurens County school teachers have organized the Lau rens County Teachers Association, electing County School Superintendent W hitehurst president and Miss Nan nie Fletcher secretary. John Babbage Heads Local Sewanee Men John D. Babbage. Jr. was elected president of the Alumni Association of Sewanee at a meeting of former students of trie University of the South Thursday night at the resi dence of R. C. DeSaussure in Linden street. Beverly DuBose was elected vice president; Frank M. Gillespie, secre- tayr. and Earle R. Greene, treasurer Harris Slayer Held In Muscogee's Jail COLUMBUS. Dec. 12.— J. K. Melton, who Is in Muscogee County jail, charged with killing Mans Teal, at Jackson s Mill, In Harris County, will not be taken to Hamilton for the pres ent. The Jail at Hamilton is undergoing repairs and is not considered safe. Melton still maintains that he had to kill Teal in self-defense. Wireless Sent From Germany to Africa Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN. Dec. 12.—Wireless mes sages. transmitted a distance of *3,348 miles, wore received L he Govern ment wireless station to-day at Ka- mina, W. Y., German West Africa. They were sent from the station at Nauen, near Berlin Unfit for War, He Has 52d Wedding Fete DELAW ANNA, ,\\ Y., Dec. 12.—Jno. I W. Richardson, rejected because of a weak heart during the Civil War, celebrated to-day the fifty-second an niversary of his wedding. NURSE DIES OF BURNS. RALEIGH. N. Dec. 12.—Miss Flossie Barnes, head nurse at the Maxton (N. C.) Hospital, died to-day as the result of burns sustained when a gasoline burner exploded. She was an orphan. 23 years old. SAVE YOUR OMR! T- IF FALLING OUT E (s) CEREMONIAL BY “DOKIES. COLUMBUS. ripe. !2. ''Dokies throughout this section are .looking foi ward * bad Tempi vladies ! Men! Here’s the Quick est, Surest Dandruff Cure Known. Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff -that awful scurf. There nothing^so destructive to the l air as dandruff. It robs the hair of i Killing of Merchant Accident,He Declares GADSDEN. ALA.. Dec 12.—The case of Oner Coffey, charged with killing George Burgess, an Attalla hardware merchant, went to the jury this afternoon When Coffey took the stand in his own defense he said he went into the store to buy some pistol cartridges and while there Burgess'showed hint a pistol and offered to sell ft to him. He grasped the handle, while Burgess held the muzzle, he said, when the weapon accidentally discharged, kill ing Burgess. -i. ,n ilia sec non HIB iuu« in ■ , .. > . !>,e ceremonial lo-uigh, by Bin- luster.- its strength ami its very life, ‘empie. Knights of Khorassan. eventually producing a feverishness and itching of the scalp, which if not reme died causes the hair roots to shrink, lousen and die—then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine to-night now —any time—will surely save your hair. Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowltons Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appearance of abundance; an In comparable gloss ami softness, but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks' use, when you will actual ly see a lot of fine downy hair new hair—BTfm-intr all over the sealr —Advt X MA S-T REES FOR ATLANTA CHURCHES INCLUDING FURNISHINGS AND FIXTURES CANDY AND ORANGES — JO BE GIVEN BY * Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian DECEMBER 20th Phone Main 100 for Information F You Want One, Call To-day For an Effort to Four Churches of Atlanta To Your Church. If You re Workers, Start NoJt> FIRST PRIZE FOR CHURCHES—Free, Including *TYtmmings, 600 Boxes of Candy 600 Oranges. 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